Civilization doesn’t begin with ideas or morals — it begins with food, labor, and survival.
Economics comes before politics, religion, and law.
Division of labor increases efficiency first; inequality comes later.
Early property was mostly communal; private ownership emerges with agriculture and surplus.
Agriculture is the real turning point: surplus → population growth → hierarchy → conflict.
What a society calls “moral” is often what helps it survive its material conditions.
Ideals don’t build civilizations — incentives do.